(a) Wherever the off-street parking requirement in Section 1296.01 requires the construction of an off-street parking facility, except for one-family residential developments, or where P Parking Districts are provided, such off-street parking lots shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations:
(1) Off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
Parking Pattern (in degrees) | Maneuvering Lane Width (ft.) | Parking Space Width (ft.) | Parking Space Length (ft.) |
0 | 18 | 10 | 23 |
parrallel | |||
parking | |||
30-50 | 18 | 10 | 20 |
51-74 | 18 | 10 | 20 |
75-90 | 24 | 10 | 20 |
(2) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a public right of way shall be prohibited.
(3) Adequate ingress and egress to a parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles.
(4) Ingress and egress to a parking lot in an area zoned for other than one-family residential use shall not be across land zoned for one-family residential use.
(5) All maneuvering lane widths required in paragraph (a)(1) hereof shall permit only one-way traffic movement, except that the ninety degree pattern may permit two-way traffic. However, a twenty-four foot maneuvering lane must be provided.
(6) Each entrance and exit to and from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than one-family residential use shall be at least twenty feet distant from any adjacent property located in any One-Family Residential District.
(7) Off-street parking areas shall be provided with a continuous and completely obscuring wall, in accordance with the specifications of Section 1298.08, on all sides where the adjacent district is a Residential District, except where such parking area abuts a major thoroughfare and except in those instances where the Planning Commission and the Township Board determine that such wall would serve no useful purpose or that a landscaped berm or greenbelt would be more appropriate.
(8) In all cases where a wall extends to any alley which is a means of ingress to or egress from an off-street parking area, the Planning Commission and the Township Board may permit the wall to end not more than ten feet from such alley line to provide for a wider means of access to the parking area.
(9) All parking areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area in such a way as to not drain onto adjacent property or buildings. The off-street parking lot shall be surfaced within one year from the date on which the permit for the main building or use is issued and spaces shall be clearly identified or marked by means of a painted stripe and shall be properly maintained.
(10) Service drive widths in all nonresidential districts shall be no less than twenty-four feet for two-way traffic and eighteen feet for one-way traffic, except for drive-through lanes servicing banks, fast-food restaurants, etc., which shall be no less than ten feet. For all Residential Districts, only two-way service drives, having a minimum width of twenty-seven feet, shall be allowed.
(11) Except where otherwise stated, the minimum distance between parking areas and buildings in the RM Districts shall be fifteen feet.
(12) In accordance with Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, all off-street parking facilities required in Section 1296.01 shall provide parking spaces for the physically handicapped in the ratio prescribed by statute. Such spaces shall be dimensioned twelve feet wide and twenty feet long, located as nearly as possible to building entranceways and identified by signs as being reserved for physically handicapped persons.
(13) With the exception of those uses within an I-1 or I-2 District, trees shall be planted in and around all paved parking areas for motor vehicles as required under this chapter, subject to the following minimum conditions:
A. Trees shall have a minimum caliper of two and one-half inches at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of six feet and will be permitted only where there would be no interference with clear vision or sight distances.
B. One tree shall be planted for each 3,200 square feet of paved surface area of the parking lot, provided that no less than two trees are planted regardless of lot area.
C. Trees shall be distributed evenly throughout the parking lot and each tree shall be maintained in an open land area of not less than twenty-five square feet to provide for infiltration. Trees shall be protected from vehicle damage with curbing or another suitable device.
D. Trees shall be planted prior to the issuance of a final certificate of occupancy and shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition.
(b) The two off-street parking spaces required by Section 1296.01 for one-family residential developments shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
(1) At least one space, a minimum of twenty feet in length, shall be provided in the side or rear yard which is beyond the front building line. Parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width.
(2) Each space shall be provided access from the adjoining right of way by a full paved lane a minimum of ten feet in width.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. 260-A-37. Passed 2-8-82; Ord. 260-A-204. Passed 8-13-90; Ord. 260-A-217. Passed 5-13-91; Ord. 260-A-249. Passed 8-22-94; Ord. 260-A-314. Passed 8-10-98.)